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May 8, 2007

G31: Red Sox 9, Blue Jays 2

Back from Skydome. Having the roof open makes a huge difference in my enjoyment of a game. As does Boston being on the winning side of a 9-2 score.

Beckett was once again great (7-5-1-1-5, 88), although Alex Rios did tattoo his first pitch of the game for a home run to left. ... After that HR, Adam Lind doubled on a 0-1 pitch and I'll admit I was a tad worried (having seen Beckett get shelled at Skydome last season) But he settled down. Working with an 8-1 lead helped, I'm sure. After allowing a one-out double in the second, he retired the next 11 batters on only 37 pitches.

The Red Sox played long ball, too. Youkilis hit a solo shot in the first, Pedroia had a three-run job in the second, Lowell hit a three-run bomb in the third, and then Varitek followed Lowell by pounding Zambrano's next pitch over the wall in dead center.

Devern Hansack made his 2007 debut in the eighth and had some control problems (he walked 3 of 6 batters), but only one run scored.

Varitek went 4-for-4 with a walk and scored three runs. Youkilis was 3-for-3 before leaving the game after getting plunked in the sixth.

Before Lugo doubled home Boston's last run in the eighth, he had a .301 OBP and a .299 SLG (now it's up to .306 and .314). It might be time to move him out of the leadoff spot. ... Then again, we're 21-10. We can afford to wait and see if he comes out of this slump.

Ascending as rapidly as any pitching prospect in baseball, Buchholz struck out 17 batters in 12 innings last week. He didn't issue a walk and allowed just two runs on seven hits. The 6-foot-3, 190-pounder has a 1.98 ERA and 35 strikeouts vs. 3 walks in 27 1/3 innings. Just nine of the 55 lefties Buchholz has faced have reached base, while he has struck out 20 of them. He's positioning himself as a strong candidate to start in Fenway this season."

"The Red Sox' lead of six games in the AL East is the largest advantage in team history after the first 30 games of a season. The next closest was a 5 1/2 game lead after the first 30 games of the pennant winning 1946 season."

I loved it too -- not weirded out in the slightest. (Funny how Lips keeps on talking to whoever through the whole thing.)

At first, I thought it looked like Manny was petting a nice dog. Then I thought it looked like Manny was one of those birds that cleans the bugs out of a larger animal's fur. But that wasn't quite the image I wanted to convey!

Before we jump to conclusions - let's just remember that both Manny and Sexy grew up in another country. If you have ever had the pleasure of travelling outside the U.S./Canada you may often see men walking arm and arm together and/or kissing each other. This does not necessarily mean they are gay, it is just proper decorum among men in other countries.

BUT...I did think that Orsillo laughed just a little bit too much if ya know what I mean. wink wink nudge nudge.

Before we jump to conclusions - let's just remember that both Manny and Sexy grew up in another country. If you have ever had the pleasure of travelling outside the U.S./Canada you may often see men walking arm and arm together and/or kissing each other. This does not necessarily mean they are gay, it is just proper decorum among men in other countries.

oh and i'm completely hep to that. believe me :) that's why i added the 'romantic friendship' comment. and mediterranean men are like this too (or so i've heard) very affectionate, kisses, huggles, etc.

but...hehe. i mean, you have to admit...that scene was a little...like if that had been two girls in the dugout of a softball game....ya know what i'm sayin? ;)anyway. no conclusions to be jumped, it's a non-issue in my little beating heart whether he likes the boys or the girls or both (and pretty clearly he quite obviously totally pretty much basically likes the girlies since he's married with childs. child?)

Yet another win for Beckett. I wonder how he would be doing if he didnt have the run support hes had? When Beckett takes the hill the Sox have scored 50+ runs in all of his starts combined. Take away that support, and take away his wins. However, I think the Sox will keep at it. They seem to be in a good rythm. http://thebaseballcorner.blogspot.com/

Work that man to the bone, L-girl! Lots of awesome posts in the last day or two, but that one might be worth the effort, too. As a fan, you had to feel kind of guilty at the way Beckett racked up wins despite pitching poorly last year. So far this year he's like some miracle dessert.

"Seeing the hugs and happiness and genuine joy in the dugout is one of the things that I LOVE about the Sox teams of the past few years."

Ess-actly. And also why I'm so confused as to all the Red Sox hatred. We're out to beat the Yanks, and we're fun as hell. I'd think the average Amercian would be drawn to that like, uh, like porn, or whatever it is Americans like.

People used to say about the Yankee teams of the late 90s, "How can you not like them?" And I thought, Uh, because they're boring? (And, duh, because they're the Yankees...)